Brad Stillmank, 34, who lives in Allouez, brews his Wisco Disco beer in Milwaukee for the time being while working as craft brand manager for Kay Distributing of De Pere.

Written by

Todd Haefer
For Press-Gazette Media

Many twists and turns can happen before people are pointed in the direction their life will take.

All it took for Brad Stillmank was a beer.

"I started homebrewing in college," the burly, bearded brewmaster said during a recent interview at Hagemeister Park sports bar on Green Bay's Washington Street. "I made my first batch, cracked a bottle open for a bunch of friends and they wanted more. I thought, 'Now that is neat.' I knew right then that having a brewery was the direction I wanted to go. It just took 10 years to get there." ...